Liverpool FC Forum

[mart]

why does it have to be either or? surely the aim is to get us back to being a club with excellent players playing excellent football under an excellent manager. if we get these things right again we should be capable of winning cups AND being in the top 4. simples.

Problem is the new manager already knows that it's pointless playing a strong team in cup competitions and risking injury/suspensions, when the outcome even if you do a domestic cup double is most likely the sack if 4th place is not achieved......

A return to Wembley for 2 cup finals in a season will always be cherished even if it was an expensive do.

The top clubs already play the kids/reserves in the cup competitions (at least in the first few rounds). This is nothing new.
A top club also needs a good squad depth to be able to compete in multiple competitions.

[Kopite-Jud]

I thought 1 cup and an FA cup final shown signs of vast improvement from the previous 5-6 seasons, we need to walk before we can run. These owners don't seem to know football. You cannot jump into the champions league instantly. Chopping and changing manager won't work. Who would take this job with this team, only to be sacked a year later? (providing we don't get top 4). We have dominated game after game only to come away with a draw or an unfortunate loss. Have these owners not seen our football we played this season? (more shots and chances in the league) only to be denied by the post or a goal keeper having a worldie on the day. Being sacked will have undoubtably hurt Kenny's pride, I am disgusted by the way these owners have felt with this situation , their lack of understanding for the game has shown in this instance.

[Kopite-Jud]

AND if we had only finished 4th without league cup and FA cup final it would have been irrelevant as Chelsea won the Champions League anyway! So we would have had to broke into the top 3! Can't say how fuming I am at kennys sacking!